The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-01-04

the presence of Whitecock in the city.
The detective, who was none other than
ROBERT PINKERToN,
cOrroborqted in ali his statements all that
had been said. He refused to give the
minuatial transactions, but again empha-
sized his declaration that no promise or
inducements were held out by the detectives
to make a confession, that whatever he did
or had done was voluntarily ON his own
mOtioH, and was not made with the hope
OF reward nor the promise that he would
not be prosecuted. The detectives then
went to the telegraph office to send mes
sage to st. Louis, from which place he
returned to the hotel and
TURNED IN FOR THE NIGHT.
They are reticent about their plans and
| it could not be sscertained whether addi-
tional arrests will be made or not. The
visits here NAV have been made only to
secure the balance of the money, and may
have no 9th r significance. Robt Pinker-
ton has the Sc in charge. He has been
working it up from the date of the rob-
berry, having chung to it through ali
its peculiar meanderings and when
his tale o. the adventures and experiences
ne has passed through is told. 1t would
sound like the most fanciful fiction. After
the detectives and their prisoner White
cock had left the house, the reporter, who
was still in the house, approached Mrs.
Whitecock and her daughters and broach-
ed the subject OF their
TELLING ALL THEY KNEW.
1t was argued that ii was useless to longer
attempt to conceal it, that enough had
been told him to leave no doubt az to the
connection Fred had with the robbery and
what the men were there for. Mrs. White
cock, between broken sobS, admitted that
Fred had participated in the robbery bnt
would be released as he had confessed all
to the detectives.
THE CONFESSION.
The reporter suggested that she tell all
the particulars she knew. She replied
that shortly after he robbery, Oscar Cook
came to Leayenworih and visited her one
evening and after talking TO her some time
said that Fred was in trouble, that he had
made large sum of money in Chicago on
a wheat deal and that he had some cliff
Guilty with a b oker over the matter which
ended by his shooting the latter that he
had to fee from the country and wanted
his mother to take care of the money until
she heard from him, further than this
she agreed to do so and
THE MONEY WAS LEFT
in her possession. Some time after this
another young man, who lives In this city,
but whose identity she refused tc divulge,
) called and left another package OF money
} and that ON two other other occasions two
other young men called at different times
and left money which they said had come
from fred.
When asked If she knew the amounts or
the sum total, she said she did not, that
they were large packages, but she had
never counted it, believing implicitly In
, Freds story and thinking she was aiding
him by caring for his property and not
dreaming but what he came by 1t honestly,
she had no occasion to use any OF II,
HAVING MONEY OF HER OWN.
Whea asked how the detectives happened
to be here searching her house she said:
when / read of Fre1's arrest l immed-
iately wrote to the express company telling
them of the money and requesting them to
come to Leavenworth and that is undoubt-
edly the way they are here. A capacious
tin box wss lying at the foot OF the bed,
which the Ii representative picked up
but it was empty, some one making the re-
mark that
THE Detectives TOOK ALL
there was in. it this seemed to be about
, all that Mrs. Whitecock could tell and the
Times man passed into another room where
two of the detectives were seated. In res
, ponse to question as to the amount OF
; money they had recovered they disclaimed
. all know ledge of any money having been
found at the house. He told what Mrs.
Whitecock said and they admitted that an
amount of money had been secured. when
asked where il lad been secreted he sail
! that some of it was
FOUND UNDER A BARN.
but not on Mrs. Whitecock's premises. He
| afterward denied this story and said that
the details as told by Mrs. Whitecock were
substantially correct At this juncture a
knock was heard at the door, and the two
officers who had been absent with Fred.
Whitecock, returned. Mr.. Pinkerton was
called to one side and asked about the
: amount of money that he had recovered.
He at first denied that that was what he
: was here Tor and said tina. no money
had been received. When asked what the
: tin box contained he said about $4,000
; and il bore all the indications OF not hav-
ing been tempered with, but he could not
/ tell. The money had been sent out OF
town and would not be counted for two
, days. Yet Nh. Pinkerton fully
ExHoNoRATEs MRS. wHTTECoCR
and all members of the family. He said
they had done only what amy mother
would do under the circumstances. They
have done nothing wrong, said Mr.. Pinker-
ton and / anticipate that when we come
to examine what we have got we will find
it all in the same condition as she received
it. This ended the talk.
!. MORE DOODLE FOUND
The Pinkerton party did not leave to-
day for ST. Louis as was given out but all